The Crowdfunder

The Crowdfunder
Toggle to fire. Costs gold per bullet.
Fires a continuous barrage that deals 100% damage per bullet. Costs $1 per bullet. Cost increases over time.
Rarity	Equipment
Unlock	Funded!

The Crowdfunder is an equipment in Risk of Rain 2.

It is different from most equipment in that it has no cooldown; instead, activating the Crowdfunder toggles it between an "on" and "off" state. When activated, the Crowdfunder will fire 3 shots per second, slowly increasing its fire rate over 10 seconds and visibly spinning faster. Once spun up, it fires 15 shots per second. Each bullet fired from the Crowdfunder deals 100% damage with default damage falloff and a proc coefficient of 1.0, but also costs the holder 1 gold per shot (though this cost scales with the holder's level).

If the holder has no gold remaining, the Crowdfunder stops firing, but will immediately begin firing again once the holder gains enough gold to finance it.

Notes

• Correction: The in-game description of Cost increases over time. is incorrect. The cost of each shot fired is equal to: $1+(playerlevel-1)/4$
• The Crowdfunder's attacks are actually hitscans; the "bullets" fired are purely visual.
• Fuel CellFuel Cell
  Hold an additional equipment charge. Reduce equipment cooldown.
  Hold an additional equipment charge (+1 per stack). Reduce equipment cooldown by 15% (+15% per stack). and Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Bottled Chaos is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Bottled ChaosSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Bottled Chaos
  Activating your Equipment triggers an additional, random Equipment effect.
  Trigger a random equipment effect 1 (+1 per stack) time(s). have no effect when using the Crowdfunder.
  • This makes it an especially good equipment option when using Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Lysate Cell is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info. Lysate CellsSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.Lysate Cell
    Add an extra charge of your Special skill. Corrupts all Fuel Cells.
    Add +1 (+1 per stack) charge of your Special skill. Reduces Special skill cooldown by 33%. Corrupts all Fuel Cells..
• Having a Gesture of the DrownedGesture of the Drowned
  Dramatically reduce Equipment cooldown... BUT it automatically activates.
  Reduce Equipment cooldown by 50% (+15% per stack). Forces your Equipment to activate whenever it is off cooldown. causes the Crowdfunder to always be active. This can make it difficult to buy anything, as the player is constantly losing gold. This is particularly problematic in the early game, when players likely do not have the firepower to rapidly kill monsters (and the monsters do not drop much gold anyways), but it becomes less of an issue late game due to difficulty scaling, as mentioned previously.

Tips

• Although giving up gold for damage may not initially seem like a good tradeoff, the Crowdfunder's sheer damage output more than makes up for it. For reference, at its maximum fire rate, the Crowdfunder deals 2.5 times as much damage per second as Commando'sCommandoThe Commando is a jack-of-all-trades character that is reliable in all situations of the game.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Cornered Gunslinger Double TapDouble Tap (Primary)Rapidly shoot an enemy for 100% damage.
  Survivor: Commando, with 2.5 times the procs as well.
• Since enemy level and gold drops increase considerably faster than player level (especially on higher difficulty), the Crowdfunder's consumption of gold is rarely an issue past the second stage, especially if the player has Ghor's TomeGhor's Tome
  Chance on kill to drop a treasure.
  4% (+4% on stack) chance on kill to drop a treasure worth $25. Scales over time., Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Roll of Pennies is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Roll of PenniesSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Roll of Pennies
  Gain gold on taking damage.
  Gain 3 (+3 per stack) gold on taking damage from an enemy. Scales over time. or a Brittle CrownBrittle Crown
  Gain gold on hit... BUT surrender gold on getting hit.
  30% chance on hit to gain 2 (+2 per stack) gold. Scales over time.
  
  Lose gold on taking damage equal to 100% (+100% per stack) of the maximum health percentage you lost..
  • The Crowdfunder becomes self-sustaining while holding the Brittle CrownBrittle Crown
    Gain gold on hit... BUT surrender gold on getting hit.
    30% chance on hit to gain 2 (+2 per stack) gold. Scales over time.
    
    Lose gold on taking damage equal to 100% (+100% per stack) of the maximum health percentage you lost., but the player must not take damage and thus lose gold.
• Having the Artifact of Sacrifice enabled can make the Crowdfunder more usable, since players will not need money to obtain most items.
• The Crowdfunder can be a great way to get multiple stacks of effects such as bleed.

Lore

Order: The Crowdfunder
Tracking Number: 783*****
Estimated Delivery: 05/09/2056
Shipping Method: Standard
Shipping Address: 206 29th Ave, High Chariot, Mercury 
Shipping Details:

The wealthy overlords on Primas V went to great measures to break the will of the lower class. They kept the threat of injury and death constant, which helped to keep their servants in check, but this was only half of their method. 

To further highlight the vast differences in status, their extravagant weapons were fueled by currency - they were literally throwing money at them.

I don’t have to tell you how that turned out for them. It’s why my client is in hiding now and has to pawn these things off. He thanks you for your patronage in these trying times.

Version History

PC Patch v1.1.1.2

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed The Crowdfunder not working on characters without the display (i.e HereticHereticThe Heretic is a powerful character who can only be accessed through extraordinary means.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 440 (+132 per level)
    Damage: 18 (+3.6 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Unorthodoxy Risen)

Early Access Content Update 5

• Major Content
  • Added New Item Lore Entry: The Crowdfunder

Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update

• Gameplay Changes
  • Proc Coefficient: 0.2 ⇒ 1

Trivia

• While in use, the Crowdfunder makes the same sound as the slot machines (while spinning) in Ratchet and Clank 1-3, Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.
• This item may be a reference to the Coin Gun from Terraria, an extremely rare and powerful weapon that shoots the player's coins as bullets.
  • It may also be a spiritual successor to the Golden Gun from the first Risk of Rain game, which was an uncommon item that boosted the holder's damage the more gold they had.
• The Crowdfunder is unlocked by collecting $30,480 gold, a reference to the amount pledged on Kickstarter for the first Risk of Rain game.